South Yorkshire sustainability consultancy achieves carbon neutrality in first year
Based in Thorne, South Yorkshire, Warhurst Associates was founded by former Cranswick head of compliance and sustainability Garry Warhurst in 2023. The firm is now celebrating reaching carbon neutrality in just one year, having originally pledged to reach the milestone by 2026.
Mr Warhurst said: "From the outset, we wanted to lead by example and set up the infrastructure for Warhurst Associates to become carbon neutral. To this end, we created the Warhurst Associates Sustainability Promise (WASP).
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Hide Ad"We committed to being a carbon-neutral business by FY26, and planting a tree for every invoice paid with Tree-Nation, as well as measuring our carbon footprint. We're highly delighted to have exceeded our carbon neutrality expectations inside the first twelve months and look forward to achieving net zero emissions by 2040.


"We are also a paperless business, provide free consultancy to food charities and food banks who are solely run by volunteers and have signed up to the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission Action Pledge."
Since launch, Warhurst Associates has supported seven different clients on 14 different projects, including ISO 14001 installation for a vegetable processor, guiding a chocolate manufacturer to pass a SMETA audit and helping a start-up with launching a cereal product for the autoimmune community.
Over half of the business supported by Warhurst Associates were start-ups or small businesses with under 15 employees and over a third have had an environmental or social impact on our clients' customers or the local community.
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